Two-alarm Portland fire damages building, business

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Two-alarm Portland fire damages building, business

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 1:00 pm

PORTLAND — Overheated computer equipment led to a two-alarm fire that caused more than $600,000 of damage to a commercial building near Morrill's Corner Tuesday night, City Hall spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said Wednesday.

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Photo: Courtesy PFD

Fire equipment on the scene of a two-alarm fire at 812 Stevens Ave. in Portland Tuesday night.

No one was injured.

Firefighters responded shortly before midnight to an activated smoke alarm at 812 Stevens Ave., a two-story building that houses a dental office on the first floor and a computer repair shop on the second.

It took about 30 firefighters to extinguish the blaze on the first floor. The value of dental equipment lost or damaged was estimated at $500,000, and damage to the building was estimated at $142,000.